No persons shall be entitled to any --~ compensation for any loss suffered or alleged to have been · suffered as a result of the coming into force of this Act or of the shamilat law.
2[10-A. Power of the Collector to cancel or vary leases etc. of lands vested in Panchayats.:-- ( 1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, or the Shami/at law or in any other law for the time being in force, the Collector may call for from any Panchayat in his district the record of any lease, contract or agreement entered into . by the Panchayat in respect of any land vested or deemed to be ve~ted in it, whether such lease, contact or agreement is entered before or latter the COIT)mencement of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Amendment Act, 1964 and examine such record
1. Sub-section (2) omitted by Act No. 19 of 1976, section 5.
2. Section 10-A rnserted by Act No. 19 of 1964, section 4.
10 for the purpose of satisfying himself as to the legality or propriety of such lease, contract or agreement.
(2) Where, on examination of the record under sub-section ( 1) and after making such inquiry, if any, as he may deem fit , the Collector is satisfied that such lease, contract or agreement:--
(i) has been entered into in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or the Rules made thereunder; or
(ii) has been entered into as a result of fraud or concealment of fact; or
(iii) is detrimental to the interests of the panchayat as prescribed;
the Collector may, notwithstanding anything as aforesaid, cancel the lease, contract or agreement or 1 vary the terms thereof unconditionally or subject to such conditions as he may think fit:
Provided that no order under this sub-section shall be passed by the Collector without affording an opportunity of being heard to the parties to the lease, contract or agreement.
(3) Where the terms of any lease, contract or agreement have' been varied by the Collector under sub-section (2) , the variation shall, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or Shami/at law or in any law for the time being in force be binding on the parties to the lease, contract or agreement as the case may be.
( 4) Where the lessee or the person with whom a contract or agreement has been entered into by a Panchayat refuses to accept the variation made by the Collector under this section in the terms of his lease, contract or agreement, such lease, contract or agreement, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be cancelled by the Collector under this section with effect from the date of such refusal.
(5) Where, under this section , any lease, contract or agreement is cancelled or is deemed to be cancelled or its terms are· varied, the lessee or the person with whom the contract or agreement has been entered into·, "'.fhO suffers by . such cancellation or variation, is entitled to receive compensation to be assessed by the Collector for any loss or damage caused to the lessee or such person , which naturally arose in the usual course of things from such cancellation or variation:
Provided that no such compensation shall be given for any remote and indirect loss or damage sustained by reason of such cancellation or variation.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, the amount of compensation awarded by the Collector 11 under this section shall be payable by the panchayat in the prescribed rnanner and shall be a valid charge on the Sabha funds.
(7) Any party to a lease , contract or _agree~ent aggrieved by any order of the Collector made under this section may. within a period of thirty day~ · fro~. the date of such _order, appeal to the commissioner whose dec1s1on thereon shall be final.]